There is a lot of confused thinking about the concept of separation of church and state in particular, and the role of faith in public…
The current debate about RU486 has resulted in a flurry of claims and counter claims over the abortion issue. It is worth examining several of…
Regnery Publishing, 2004. It is not often that Australia leads America and the world on certain issues, but this was the case last year. In…
Spence Publishing, 2004. One can hardly think of a better author to take on the judicial activists. Phyllis Schlafly has been a dogged defender of…
This article was originally posted on Jan. 5, 2005 at http://www.detnews.com/2005/metro/0501/05/A01-50709.htm but has since been deleted, and is reproduced here for archival purposes. Law won’t allow…
Multnomah Publishers, 2004. Dr James Dobson is head of the Christian-based Focus on the Family in the USA. It is probably the largest and most…
In 1984 the American social commentator Richard John Neuhaus wrote an incisive book entitled The Naked Public Square. In it he argued that in the…
What is wrong with Canada? Is it competing for the “We want to be as morally bankrupt as the Netherlands” competition? In yet another case…
On Tuesday November 18 another scene from the culture wars was played out. The top court in the US state of Massachusetts declared that a…
Perhaps the most disconcerting item on the gay agenda is the desire to equate same-sex relationships with normal marriage and family life. In this the…
In mid-July a High Court ruling declared that a doctor had to pay the costs of rearing a child following a botched sterilisation. A Brisbane…
There are certain taboo subjects which in an age of Political Correctness are pretty much guaranteed never to see the light of day. Many such…
Doubleday, 2001. I realize that I am taking a risk. As a Protestant reviewing a decidedly Catholic book for a partly Catholic audience, I walk…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…
Thirty years ago American Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a report called “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action”. In it he wrote these…
A recent survey found that 2.7 million (41 per cent) of Australia’s 6.6 million households had computers, with between a third and a half of…
Free Press, 1993. American President Bill Clinton is currently charged with a sexual harassment suit by a 27-year-old Arkansas woman. Ms Paula Jones claims that…
Harvest House Press, 1990. “In our time,” wrote George Orwell, “political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuation…